School of PE for Mechanical. It was the weeknight class: 4 nights a week, 3 hours a night, for 5 weeks. All of the teachers were good except for the mech systems and materials guy (which was the PM test I took). He was a little weak, definitely disorganized and we had some technical issues. That makes it sound worse than it was. I still came out feeling prepared but thought mech and materials could have been better. The Thermo guy and the HVAC lady were phenomenal. Those were what I considered my weakest areas and now I feel pretty strong in them. I came out of Thermo understanding concepts that have eluded me since college. I "get it" now. Wish that guy had been my prof in college.
As far as notes... I printed all of the class notes double sided and shrunk down to 50% size, had them bound in a spiral binder, and highlighted the important stuff. I think that turned out great because all of my notes were about 1" thick and I could view 8 pages at once without having to turn a page. Huge time saver. MERM and those notes were almost all I used during the exam. I had a few other things that I referenced when I was really stumped but I'd say I was able to tackle 95% of the problems with only those two resources.
I also took the NCEES practice exam the sunday before and spent the final week going over and making notes on my errors on that exam. I think that helped me get 3-4 right that I wouldn't have otherwise.
As far as notes... I printed all of the class notes double sided and shrunk down to 50% size, had them bound in a spiral binder, and highlighted the important stuff. I think that turned out great because all of my notes were about 1" thick and I could view 8 pages at once without having to turn a page. Huge time saver. MERM and those notes were almost all I used during the exam. I had a few other things that I referenced when I was really stumped but I'd say I was able to tackle 95% of the problems with only those two resources.
I also took the NCEES practice exam the sunday before and spent the final week going over and making notes on my errors on that exam. I think that helped me get 3-4 right that I wouldn't have otherwise.
